Re: [Hampshire] Application installers

>> Yes, but you're also making assertions about the way things need to be
>> done when in fact that need is only the result of your own (broken)
>> rules.
>
> The way I read it they aren't his rules they are stuff the copmany he
> works for does.

"Your" is used in the plural above, thus encompassing exactly that.

> Maybe we can keep this about the technical stuff

But this *is* about technical stuff.

Creating world-writeable areas for system-wide files is a recipe for
disaster. It means any one of your users can trash the system for
everyone, and must therefore be considered a bad idea.

> It is clear that there is more than one
> way to skin this fish and we all know the purest technical ideals are
> sometimes at odds with things like money and time.

But less money and time would be spent using methods which have been
proven to be correct over some decades, rather than re-inventing the wheel
in a broken fashion and then having to fix it.

There is a reason we have tiered privilege on *nix systems. Defeating that
model might get you immediate gratification, but it costs more in the long
term.

Vic.